I believe that it is extremely important to make use of each moment of our lives to dedicate ourselves to the things that transcend, that are eternal, God´s things.

This year is a "thank you" to our Lord for the innumerable graces he has showered on me.

There are many reasons why I decided to give a
year of my life to God. I am twenty-three years
old and I have studied in a Legionary school my
whole life, was a member of ECYD and four years
ago incorporated to Regnum Christi. Even though
I had a decent spiritual life and had participated in
some different apostolates I still felt as if I hadn´t
really done anything worthwhile for Christ, that I hadn´t truly
surrendered myself. Therefore I decided to leave my family, my
hometown and my friends so I could go and give
the best I had to offer to our Lord, my
time, a year of my life. This I believe to
be truly worth it and that giving a year is
something that transcends into eternity.

Another reason that I found
very inspiring was the call that all Catholics have to,
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations." I see
this year as a "thank you" to our Lord for
the innumerable graces he has showered on me: creating me,
calling me to the Catholic faith, redeeming me and so
many other very important personal graces in my life, such
as giving me a wonderful family, excellent friends, an integral
education and the gift of good health.

I believe that it
is extremely important to make use of each moment of
our lives to dedicate ourselves to the things that transcend,
that are eternal, God´s things. We can not waste our
life on worldly things that are only good for a
few moments before we die. Life is so short, a
blink of an eye in comparison with eternity. Therefore I
am very proud and happy to be able to help
our Lord in his most important work: the salvation of
souls.

Marcelo Margáin Zambrano was born in en Monterrey, México. He
is an industrial engineer and is currently working with boys
and young men in Río de Janeiro, Brazil.